All well and good, I suppose, and I hope we might see positive results. But isn't this something of a motherhood issue? Is there anybody who isn't calling for an end to slavery?

Most multinationals. Well they might sign some charter against it, but they are speculating for it.

I understand exactly what you mean, and you're quite right. Even more, that in some sense it means those of us (let's admit it, most of us) who shop for cheap goods produced in squalid conditions in Bangladesh and other places we know next to nothing about.

All well and good, I suppose, and I hope we might see positive results. But isn't this something of a motherhood issue? Is there anybody who isn't calling for an end to slavery?

Most multinationals. Well they might sign some charter against it, but they are speculating for it.

I understand exactly what you mean, and you're quite right. Even more, that in some sense it means those of us (let's admit it, most of us) who shop for cheap goods produced in squalid conditions in Bangladesh and other places we know next to nothing about.

Or designer ones.

If you are using a computer or any sorta or "device", good luck not rewarding someone for horrendous labor practices.

It also is part of wealthy nations, where people are paid less than what they received from slave owners in the 1800s, such as a place to sleep and food and clothes. Many people work full time and cannot afford the basics.

Some may have even been better off as slaves back then, there were some generous slave owners such as Thomas Jefferson, who also would free them after the owners died or before sometimes.

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It also is part of wealthy nations, where people are paid less than what they received from slave owners in the 1800s, such as a place to sleep and food and clothes. Many people work full time and cannot afford the basics.

Some may have even been better off as slaves back then, there were some generous slave owners such as Thomas Jefferson, who also would free them after the owners died or before sometimes.

Jefferson freed no more than 10 slaves in his last will. The other 130 or so were sold months after his death, in order to pay off his debts.

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Slavery, in the form most of us would recognise it, still exists and quite clearly those who benefit from it welcome it. Variants too exist little different, such as those tragically trafficked for prostituation. This is a big problem internationally. Then there is the form found in Bangladesh and elsewhere were consumer goods are produced by folks locked in sweat shops and paid a pittance. We buy those goods from stores and brands that are household names. Other forms include what amount to house slaves, suffering physical, sexual and emotional abuse. The perpetrators include - on the basis of cases that have been exposed - diplomats, professionals and middle earners. A further case here involved Irish travellers who held vulnerable hostage and forced them to work and live in appalling conditions.

Getting to know about it is the easy bit. Not playing a part in this evil is truly the difficult bit. Anyone who carries some public weight and speaks out against modern day slavery is to be welcomed, and that must include the Roman Pope, Shirley?

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.